What is Barometer?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...